New scientific reports are again confirming the electrical nature of one of the most mysterious phenomena in the cosmos, the comet.

For more than a decade, scientists have puzzled over the spectacular display of Comet McNaught, C/2006 P1. Utilizing a new image processing technique, scientists studying the comet’s extraordinary dust tail have concluded it is “electrically charged.” In this episode we discuss why this finding is completely consistent with the electric comet theory.